Félix Bódog Widder (; 28 April 1874 – 26 September 1939) was a Hungarian

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

, graphic designer and

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Family and education

Félix Bódog Widder was born on 28 April 1874 in Arad. His daughter was Magda Widder, the wife of poet

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and the mother of

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. He studied in

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and

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. He was an

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painter. He made the

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by hand for his

painting Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

Gallery

File:Widder_Young_Woman_1902.jpg, Young Woman, 1902 File:Widder Portrait of a Woman 1916.jpg, ''Portrait of my wife'', 1916 File:WIDDER_FÉLIX_5.JPG, Diósjenő 1926 File:Widder_Mednyánszky_1919.jpg, ''Mednyánszky'', 1919 File:Widder Dunavecse 1939.jpg, ''Dunavecse'', 1939 File:Widder Dömsöd Landscape 1932.jpg, ''Dömsöd'', 1932 . File:Widder Mátrafüred 1921.jpg, ''Mátrafüred'', 1921. File:WIDDER FÉLIX 1.JPG, Nógrádverőce 1934 WIDDER FÉLIX 2.JPG, kép Börzsönyben 1937 File:WIDDER_FÉLIX_3.JPG, Nagymosás 1932 WIDDER_FÉLIX_4.JPG, Falusi házak

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* * * 1874 births Hungarian painters Hungarian graphic designers 1939 deaths People from Arad, Romania {{Authority control